Native range

Native plants of Massachusetts

155 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Massachusetts, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 152 garden forms of them are listed apart on the first page, each naming its wild parent.

Showing 121 to 173 of 173 plants

How this list is made

Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Massachusetts is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 173 plants, 161 have been checked against outside sources (1 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.

Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full sunZones 3–84 ftHigh
Foliage
River Birch
Betula nigra
Full sunZones 4–949 ftHigh
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Full sunZones 4–83 ftModerate
Woodland Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
Part shadeZones 4–88 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Black Cohosh
Actaea racemosa
Part shadeZones 3–85 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Creeping Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Part shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Full sunZones 4–812 inModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Full sunZones 3–85 ftModerate
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate
Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum
Part shadeZones 3–711 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to cats
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Part sunZones 4–923 ftModerate
Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Full sunZones 3–94.5 ftLow
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Full sunZones 3–102.5 ftModerate
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow
Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftModerate
Common Blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
Full sunZones 3–82 ftModerate
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Full sunZones 3–84 ftModerate
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Part sunZones 5–1030 ftHigh
White Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Full sunZones 3–917 ftModerate
Bristleleaf Sedge
Carex eburnea
Part shadeZones 2–88 inModerate
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Full sunZones 3–870 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs
Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii
Full sunZones 5–750 ftModerate
Kentucky Coffeetree
Gymnocladus dioicus
Full sunZones 3–869 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
Prairie Dropseed Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Part shadeZones 3–81.5 ftModerate
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Full sunZones 4–96 ftLow
Mexican Hat
Ratibida columnifera
Full sunZones 4–92.5 ftLow
Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftModerate
Pink Dogwood
Cornus florida var. rubra
Part shadeZones 5–920 ftModerate
Aster
Symphyotrichum
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Goldenrod
Solidago
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Perennial Sunflower
Helianthus
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
Part sunZones 4–820 ftModerate
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
Full sunZones 3–92.5 ftLow
Bee Balm
Monarda
Full sunZones 3–93 ftModerate
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium
Full sunZones 4–96 ftHigh
Penstemon
Penstemon
Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftLow
Trillium
Trillium
Full shadeZones 4–812 inModerate
Blazing Star
Liatris
Full sunZones 3–93 ftLow
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Ironweed
Vernonia
Full sunZones 4–95 ftModerate
Spiderwort
Tradescantia
Part sunZones 3–91.5 ftModerate
Listed as toxic to dogs and cats
False Indigo
Baptisia
Full sunZones 3–93.5 ftLow
Listed as toxic to cats
Sneezeweed
Helenium
Full sunZones 3–83.5 ftModerate
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.5 ftLow
Foam Flower
Tiarella
Part shadeZones 3–812 inModerate
Turtlehead
Chelone
Part sunZones 3–83 ftHigh

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